Alaska
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Alaska laws addressing employer recruiting practices. It covers recruiting methods and sources, advertising dos and don'ts, laws regarding job applications, considerations for recruiting minors, avoiding discrimination risk and more.
In-depth review of the spectrum of Alaska employment law requirements HR must follow with respect to employment offer.
Alaska's wage and hour law establishes criteria for determining whether certain activities - including break periods, waiting time and on-call time - count as compensable working time. This guide provides an in-depth review of Alaska employment law requirements with respect to hours worked.
Employers subject to the Alaska unemployment insurance law must pay unemployment taxes. These taxes provide wage replacement for covered claimants. This guide helps HR professionals understand related compliance obligations.
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Alaska law regarding employer liability for negligent hiring and negligent retention. It discusses how to minimize the risk of negligent hiring and retention claims through various forms of screening and covers legal limitations on these screening methods.
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Alaska requirements regarding workplace security, including those related to trade secrets, embezzlement, data breaches, guns and weapons in the workplace and emergency plans and closings.
Alaska does not have its own version of the federal WARN Act. This guide provides an overview of Alaska's Workforce Investment Act, which complements federal law by enhancing job training and employment assistance in the state.
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Alaska laws surrounding affirmative action in the workplace. It covers the law for private employers and requirements for state contractors.
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Alaska laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics. It addresses what constitutes discriminatory conduct, which characteristics are protected, defenses against discrimination claims, employer compliance requirements, enforcement and remedies under discrimination laws. It also covers protections and accommodation requirements for lactation and breastfeeding.
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of anti-retaliation protections under Alaska EEO laws. It addresses what constitutes retaliation and the associated penalties and remedies for employers that engage in illegal retaliation.